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Celebrate the Great Bridge Program, May 21

Join your faculty and staff colleagues on Wednesday, May 21 from 10:00 to 11:30 in the A632 faculty lounge for an informal program celebrating the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. Coffee and other light refreshment will be served.

Our featured speaker is Prof. Robert Zagaroli, Chair, Architectural Technology, who will use graphics to illustrate his talk on the architecture and history of “The Great Bridge” and Brooklyn in the late 1800s. This will be followed with discussion, short readings “from the floor” (e.g. from Walt Whitman or Hart Crane), and the usual end-of-semester revelry. (Click here for the flyer).

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The Gilded Age, On Trial

(from the publisher) The Gilded Age brings primary documents and scholarly commentary together into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. In addition to an extensive selection of key treatises that reflect the social and cultural ferment of the late nineteenth century, The Gilded Age offers a wealth of rare materials, including songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. This primary content is enhanced by video interviews with scholars and numerous topical critical documentary essays. Covering such themes as race, labor, immigration, commerce, western expansion, and women’s suffrage, these essays illuminate the rapidly changing cultural landscape of America during the decades between the end of the Civil War and the election of Theodore Roosevelt.”
On trial through July 1, 2008. Access on campus only.
 

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Save the date: Brooklyn GreenWalk, May 1

May 1st, City Tech students will lead a walking tour for the general public and the college community that will explore environmental sustainability. The 1 ½ hour tour begins at 12:30 at the southeast corner of Jay and Tillary. Stops include a paper recycling plant, a “green” performative space, the Borough Hall greenmarket, Recycle-a-Bicycle, and more. From 2-2:30 Professor Reggie Blake will present on green roofs and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Namm 1023. Refreshments will be served. Please see attached brochure for more information. All are welcome.

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New JSTOR interface & related webinars

JSTOR recently underwent a redesign. Here is a PowerPoint . JSTOR is also offering these webinars:
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/507861435
Using the JSTOR Interface Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/780793020
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/469266764
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/401053120
Using the JSTOR Interface Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680252260
Highlights of the New JSTOR Interface Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/958097487

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New eresources: SpringerLink and GreenFILE


SpringerLink logoSpringerLink is a very large ejournal collection in a variety of disciplines including science, technology and medicine.
GreenFile  (EBSCO) covers green issues for the lay person. It is an index.
Both GreenFILE (Ebsco) and SpringerLink are now accessible on-campus. LibraryBuzz readers will be updated when both are available off-campus and SpringerLink is added to the Find-It function and our ejournals A to Z list (Serials Solutions).

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ARTstor news

Upcoming Collection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Willi Visit this link am Keighley Collection
ARTstor will add 1,000 images of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela from the William Keighley Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection contains depictions of geographical terrain and exteriors/interiors of religious buildings, including architectural details, applied arts, and works of art. Learn more (http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/an-080410-keighley.shtml)
Additional Photographs from the George Eastman House
ARTstor reached an agreement with the George Eastman House to add approximately 13,000 images to the Digital Library. This will bring the total number of images available from the world’s oldest museum of photography to over 17,800. Learn more (http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/an-080410-eastman.shtml)
Agreement with Connecticut College
Asian Art Collection Connecticut College will be contributing 381 images of Asian art to the Digital Library. The collection will include Chinese paintings, Japanese prints, and Chinese ivory sculptures. Learn more (http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/an-080410-asian.shtml)
 

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